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ABC NewsUpdated
Sat 19 Apr 2014, 8:10 PM AEST

In this update: In this sports update: It's a Dundeel takes out the Queen Elizabeth Stakes; opening day of the Fed Cup semi-final begins in Brisbane and tributes flow for Australian soccer player Dylan Tombides

Transcript

FOR ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THIS WEEK... ROYALTY WAS UPSTAGED WHEN THE QUEEN'S HORSE "CARLTON HOUSE" FINISHED THIRD...IN THE FOUR MILLION DOLLAR RACE... NAMED AFTER HER AT RANDWICK.CARLTON HOUSE" LED FOR MOST... OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES.BUT THE FAVOURITE "IT'S A DUNDEEL"... WAS TOO STRONG... IN THE STRAIGHT.JOCKEY TOMMY BERRY... CONTINUED HIS WINNING FORM... ON THE LAST DAY OF "THE CHAMPIONSHIPS"... WHEN THE GAI-WATERHOUSE TRAINED "THE OFFER"... WON THE SYDNEY CUP... AHEAD OF "OPINION" AND "SERTORIOUS"

IN TENNIS,GERMANY HAS TAKEN A TWO RUBBERS TO LOVE LEAD AFTER THE OPENING DAY OF THE FED CUP SEMI-FINAL AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN BRISBANE.IN THE FIRST MATCH, ANDREA PETKOVIC DEFEATED SAM STOSUR SIX-ONE, SEVEN-SIX.THE WORLD NUMBER SEVEN ANGELIQUE KERBER THRASHED CASEY DELLACQUA SIX-ONE, SIX-LOVE.AUSTRALIA NEEDS TO WIN ALL THREE MATCHES TOMORROW TO PROGRESS TO THE FINAL.

TRIBUTES ARE FLOWING FOR AN AUSTRALIAN SOCCER PLAYER WHO HAS DIED OF CANCER AT AGE 20.DYLAN TOMBIDES WAS ONLY 15-YEARS-OLD WHEN HE WAS RECRUITED BY THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB, WEST HAM.HE WAS SEEN AS A RISING STAR AND ALSO REPRESENTED AUSTRALIA WITH THE OLYROOS.TOMBIDES WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TESTICULAR CANCER AT JUST 17... AND BATTLED THE DISEASE FOR THREE YEARS.